DeLay Faces Partial Win as Charges Move Forward
A Texas judge dismissed a conspiracy count against Rep. Tom DeLay but kept money laundering and related charges. DeLay cannot reclaim his House leadership while under indictment, with trial expected next year as additional defense objections remain. Spokesman Kevin Madden blasted the case as baseless and politically motivated.
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Man sentenced to die in slaying over lost inheritance
A Yazoo City jury decided the truck driver Earnest Lee Hargon should die for the Valentine 2004 murders of his cousin Michael Hargon his wife Rebecca and their four year old son James Patrick after he killed them in anger over an inheritance dispute. The panel cited his confession as a key factor in the death penalty decision.
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Tearful witnesses describe torture during Saddam trial
Witnesses in the Saddam Hussein trial testified to killings and torture in 1982 Dujail reprisals. A 15 year old survivor described a grinder like machine with blood and hair, as security agents rounded up hundreds and tortured detainees at Baghdad intelligence and Abu Ghraib.
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Bomber attack near Israeli mall kills five in Netanya
A Palestinian bomber blew himself up near a Netanya mall, fatally wounding five and injuring about 40. Israeli Prime Minister Sharon held an emergency cabinet meeting as Mahmoud Abbas pledged action, amid ongoing elections and renewed tensions.
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High court to hear insanity defense challenge in Arizona case
The Supreme Court agreed to review a challenge to Arizona’s insanity law after a teenager who killed an Arizona police officer claimed the state limited evidence to prove insanity. The case tests whether states can restrict insanity defenses and how due process applies to proving insanity.
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Britain Begins Civil Partnerships for Same-Sex Couples
Across Britain couples register for civil partnerships as a law grants same rights as married couples without full marriage. Elton John and David Furnish among early registrants at Maidenhead Town Hall ahead of a planned Windsor ceremony after a 13 day waiting period.
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Rice defends U S policies in Europe amid CIA prisons outcry
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice argued that U S and allied cooperation is a two way street and that Americans do not torture. She cited U N torture conventions and said U S law and international obligations cover overseas actions while noting allied cooperation has helped thwart al Qaida plots and protect European lives.
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